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Comment on Reviews are now available for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (2026) in ~games
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Comment on Reviews are now available for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (2026) in ~games
Protected LinkI can confirm that it looks good. Looking forward to playing OOT for the first time, now that I don't have to suffer through the awful primitive 3D graphics (sorry original players!)I can confirm that it looks good. Looking forward to playing OOT for the first time, now that I don't have to suffer through the awful primitive 3D graphics (sorry original players!)
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Comment on JLPT N5, here i come! Ehm... any suggestions for me? in ~humanities.languages
Protected LinkMaybe this will not be of help to you, since I'm not in your situation. But I've been participating in a Genki study group for over a year now (we're doing Genki II now) and I've been finding it...Maybe this will not be of help to you, since I'm not in your situation. But I've been participating in a Genki study group for over a year now (we're doing Genki II now) and I've been finding it harder to understand the listening portions, since they're now spoken too quickly and - I think this is significant - we've learned enough grammar rules that sometimes a base word is conjugated with a string of three or four suffixes and it's very easy to lose a tidbit of meaning that got dilluted inbetween other grammatical rules, which completely derails the whole sentence. I have to listen multiple times.
For me, the solution is to become familiar enough with the language that I will perceive everything that's in the sentence effortlessly. To that effect, my plan is to learn enough grammar that I can transition into reading books, even if I have to start slowly and having to look many things up. Then I'll just read until I sticks.
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Comment on Why are games about chores so popular? in ~games
Protected Link ParentPuzzles are problem solving, I think. It's different from organizing/tidying up (writing as someone who likes the one but not the other). But I do think different humans enjoy these different...Puzzles are problem solving, I think. It's different from organizing/tidying up (writing as someone who likes the one but not the other). But I do think different humans enjoy these different constructive skills.
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Comment on Why are games about chores so popular? in ~games
Protected Link ParentWell? Have you robbed your first bank yet? How much longer will we have to wait? for GTA6Well? Have you robbed your first bank yet? How much longer will we have to wait?
for GTA6
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Comment on Binance suspends withdrawals after crypto hackers steal $6.3 billion in ~tech
Protected Link ParentJust a joke about how the crypto industry sometimes seems like a never ending chain of frauds and failures!Just a joke about how the crypto industry sometimes seems like a never ending chain of frauds and failures!
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Comment on Has anyone here experienced a tv show slump? in ~tv
Protected LinkIn recent years I have been watching far less TV and I think it's because most of it just sucks (to me at least; not judging anyone's taste or anything). I still enjoy Only Murders In The...In recent years I have been watching far less TV and I think it's because most of it just sucks (to me at least; not judging anyone's taste or anything). I still enjoy Only Murders In The Building, I guess.
I did cancel my Netflix subscription this year and I was not the kind of person who cancelled regularly. I was a subscriber for years, and originally they had a lot of stuff, including originals, that I wanted to watch. In fact I'm sure I'm on record praising the amount and variety of their content.
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Comment on Binance suspends withdrawals after crypto hackers steal $6.3 billion in ~tech
Protected Link ParentAnd there has absolutely never been another exchange that played a crucial role in the crypto industry before Binance. Nope. Can't think of any.Binance plays a crucial role in the crypto industry.
And there has absolutely never been another exchange that played a crucial role in the crypto industry before Binance. Nope. Can't think of any.
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Comment on Halloween night! in ~talk
Protected LinkNot a thing around where I live but I'd love it if it was. I'd give out so much candy.Not a thing around where I live but I'd love it if it was. I'd give out so much candy.
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Comment on Heroic Games Launcher: an open source, cross-platform launcher for GOG and Epic Games Store in ~games
Protected LinkI've been sleeping on this but I just installed the Heroic launcher on Linux after reading this message. It's nice to regain access to my GOG games library.I've been sleeping on this but I just installed the Heroic launcher on Linux after reading this message. It's nice to regain access to my GOG games library.
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Comment on Proton’s CEO cancels AI ‘re-interviews’ in ~tech
Protected Link ParentI sent fastmail some feedback/suggestions about their UI layout and just sent me a very friendly response thanking me and stating they registered everything as feature requests. So far so good....I sent fastmail some feedback/suggestions about their UI layout and just sent me a very friendly response thanking me and stating they registered everything as feature requests. So far so good.
For people considering a migration to a different service as of right now, my process was: Get every account in my keepass database into addresses using domain names I control (except accounts I didn't want to keep), then migrating all alternative addresses away from the old service, and finally keeping an eye on the old service and updating everything/everyone still contacting you through the old service.
I think I've mentioned this before (it was months ago) but surprisingly, it's easier to update your e-mail address on american services (which tend to have well-defined and secure processes for doing so) than in some european services, which are outright violating the GDPR and prone to refusing to let you update at all.
It has been an interesting experience dealing with the byzantine way certain companies use your e-mail address. Here's an e-mail I received yesterday from Microsoft:
The following security info was recently added to the Microsoft account example@fastmail.com
example@fastmail.comIf this was you, then you can safely ignore this email.
That's right, Microsoft requires you to add the same e-mail address to the same account in two distinct ways if you want to use it for logging in...
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Comment on Why are there so many topics about Denmark? in ~tildes
Protected LinkI'd post about Portugal but it would just make me sad.I'd post about Portugal but it would just make me sad.
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Comment on Manifestos, fear, and ‘loser thinking’: inside Proton’s AI reckoning in ~tech
Protected LinkI'm not the kind of person who obsessively keeps track of this sort of thing when I'm not proactively shopping for a service, but enough stuck in my brain from casual reading in recent years that...I'm not the kind of person who obsessively keeps track of this sort of thing when I'm not proactively shopping for a service, but enough stuck in my brain from casual reading in recent years that when I was looking into changing e-mail services earlier this year I knew Proton was a risk because the CEO is an asshole. So when I read stuff like this my thought is "oh, yeah, checks out! I already knew that!" And I will keep on avoiding Proton for anything that matters.
I still think this doesn't fully invalidate Proton as a valid choice for a lot of people, though. Let's compare Proton with Google. Is Google in any way better than Proton? Arguably only if you trust in the perceived stability of having a very large customer base. Google's CEO is also an asshole. It's more privacy-hostile, more predatory, more expensive even (with caveats related to how you are using the service). They love AI and hate encryption. Yet so many of us stuck with them for so many years. I think keep an eye out for alternatives but there's no need to rush to leave Proton.
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Comment on Discoverable servers on Discord will have summaries, public messages will be open for search indexing in ~tech
Protected LinkThis is disabled for europeans by default. I've enabled it for myself. If you'd like to make your data (that is shared in large public servers) discoverable on the open internet, don't neglect to...This is disabled for europeans by default. I've enabled it for myself. If you'd like to make your data (that is shared in large public servers) discoverable on the open internet, don't neglect to enable the setting in your profile. It is already available.
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Comment on myNoise - adjustable soundscapes in ~life
Protected Link ParentI love this website and I've donated multiple times. Top notch!I love this website and I've donated multiple times. Top notch!
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Comment on ChatGPT keeps telling people 404 Media can solve their tech support problems in ~tech
Protected Link ParentIt makes sense that AI would have learned this. One the one hand, tech companies do everything they can not to solve anyone's problems to begin with (or even let them talk to a human), and on the...It makes sense that AI would have learned this. One the one hand, tech companies do everything they can not to solve anyone's problems to begin with (or even let them talk to a human), and on the other hand AI isn't being trained on private customer support interactions (those might be searched, but only by an AI being run by the company that owns them), but on public output. AI interactions are going to logically complete to the public knowledge that the only way to get anything fixed is to make it a newsworthy scandal.
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Comment on Not Solitaire in ~games
Protected Link ParentI played a bunch of games earlier. Got over 100 achievements, and read maybe 5 of them...I played a bunch of games earlier. Got over 100 achievements, and read maybe 5 of them...
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Comment on I neglected to make a timely post about Desert Bus for Hope 2026! in ~tech
Protected (edited )LinkThis year, it started earlier! They've been going for more than 24h and will presumably carry on throughout the week. DBFH is a highly successful charity fundraising marathon celebrating its 20th...This year, it started earlier! They've been going for more than 24h and will presumably carry on throughout the week.
DBFH is a highly successful charity fundraising marathon celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The old explanation still applies. Tune in at any time of the day for entertainment, guests, auctions and giveaways.
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I neglected to make a timely post about Desert Bus for Hope 2026!
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Comment on Non-queer men of Tildes: PLEASE consider before commenting on ~life.women and ~lgbt without careful consideration. We are losing members over this issue. in ~tildes
Protected LinkI'm bi/pan, and I live in a place where the general attitude toward queer people ranges from an (unfortunately growing, thanks to propaganda) "the LGBT agenda is destroying society" to (these are...I'm bi/pan, and I live in a place where the general attitude toward queer people ranges from an (unfortunately growing, thanks to propaganda) "the LGBT agenda is destroying society" to (these are the friendly people) "we're cool, but it's inconvenient, so keep that to yourself." All around - among others, in the media, in online spaces - people are neither sympathetic nor understanding of the degree of oppression that is enacted upon those of us who aren't allowed to exist as we are. It's not a matter of violence or direct repression, and I'm sure many of these people consider themselves to be progressive and accepting, but when they see LGBT people or hear of them doing anything, they may comment how it's "too much." We don't need spaces, we don't need to be able to know each other or talk to each other. We must only aspire to a shadow of the "normal," the default experience of those who aren't us. It's the callousness one can only have when they have never been subjected to that sort of exclusion, and it wears you out.
When I participate in an online dialogue, the years of being dismissed by many of the people I know as some kind of inconvenient extra (or having to put up with their sudden, casual cruelty if they don't know) are always there, lurking in my brain. If I'm contributing my experience - regarding anything - and I feel like someone else is being dismissive or (stupidly) implying their anecdote invalidates it, I confess I can suddenly become very angry. I rarely show it, these days - I acknowledge to myself we're not going to have a productive dialogue and abandon the conversation. In that regard, I fully understand and support the OP's plea to Tildes users. There are two points I'd like to develop, however:
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A lot of people just be like that. And by that I don't mean to say this is not a problem in the spaces being discussed here, but the opposite. Tildes users, like any other humans, can be dismissive of others in all spaces, about anything, and I imagine this can be profoundly irritating no matter what. Perhaps this is a behavior one internalizes after years of doing it with no pushback (because pushback is so exhausting for the other person). I'm sometimes worried I've been doing it myself without noticing, because after all I was raised in a community of people like this. So I'd like to broaden the appeal to one of respect for others and their experiences everywhere on Tildes or even in other communities. Don't silence other people.
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We should still talk to each other. OP has in no way implied this should be the case, but a couple other people here implied that the concern about whether their participation is legitimate may have a chilling effect that keeps them from participating in the first place. I myself have observed, from my earlier Tildes years, that sometimes people seemed too quick to abandon a dialogue. Don't do that! Leave if you can't be objective and respectful, sure, or if you don't have the stamina to continue. But as long as you are not silencing others, and are receptive to their experiences, we can talk to each other and build a greater shared understanding. After all, how can your questions be answered if you don't ask them?
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I was there for the transition to 3D and kinda hated it for the most part (I ended up playing very few new games between circa 2000-2005). 2D has never been a problem. Nowadays, I do enjoy some indie games that deliberately use simpler 3D on occasion, but they have to sell the aesthetic really well. First gen 3D was born from technical limitations, not from artistic choice; I suspect this OOT is much closer to the original vision for it - the game they wished they could have made back then.